# Tab Rotator

> The Tab Rotator automatically switches between the open tabs of a browser window after a certain amount of time.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/tab-rotator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tab-rotator)

## Overview

- **ID:** `tab-rotator`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** David Fichtmueller
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 6,754
- **Weekly downloads:** 157
- **Rating:** 4.31 / 5 (48 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2010-07-28
- **Size:** 18 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-rotator/)

## Description

### Tab Rotator Chrome Extension

Tab Rotator is a handy Chrome extension that automates switching between open browser tabs after a user-defined interval. Easily start or stop the rotation with the keyboard shortcut Shift+F11 or by clicking the Tab Rotator icon in the interface. You can adjust the time interval for switching tabs using the add-on options page.

A powerful feature introduced in version 2.0 allows for custom durations per tab. Users can specify multiple times separated by semicolons to set how long each tab is displayed before rotating. If more tabs exist than times listed, the first duration is repeated for the remaining tabs. Additional options include auto-start at browser launch and automatic reloading of tab content upon each display.

Tab Rotator enhances productivity and monitoring by allowing customizable automatic tab cycling, suitable for dashboards, presentations, or multitasking workflows.

## Rankings

- #986 — Overall
- #71 — Tabs
- #150 — Appearance
- #18 — tab
- #21 — tabellenkalkulation
- #43 — restore tabs

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users broadly find Tab Rotator easy to use and effective at rotating tabs, with particular appreciation for per-window rotation and its disruption-free workflow benefits. However, reliability issues in some contexts and timing/idle handling concerns are the most repeatedly mentioned drawbacks, suggesting a need for fixes in edge cases and improvements to how the timer responds to user activity.

### Pros

- Neat, simple, and does what it's supposed to do.
- Useful for rotating tabs across multiple Firefox windows (per-window/workflow flexibility).
- Helps streamline workflow by solving a common tab-rotation problem.
- Receives positive feedback and is considered helpful by users.

### Cons

- Not reliable in some scenarios; users report it doesn't work in certain contexts or setups.
- Timer/idle behavior could be more robust (no automatic reset on user interaction and rotation can occur during typing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tab-rotator)